Mary Barra, who General Motors on Tuesday named its next CEO, will be the first woman to run a major automobile maker. She joins just 22 other female CEOs among U.S. companies in the Fortune 500. Here’s a look at the exclusive club.
• GENERAL MOTORS
Annual revenue: $152 billion
Market value: $56 billion
CEO: Mary Barra, taking over in January 2014
• HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
Annual revenue: $112 billion
Market value: $52 billion
CEO: Margaret Whitman, took over in September 2011
• IBM CORP.
Annual revenue: $105 billion
Market value: $192 billion
CEO: Virginia Rometty, took over in January 2012
• PEPSICO INC.
Annual revenue: $65 billion
Market value: $126 billion
CEO: Indra Nooyi, took over in October 2006
• ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO.
Annual revenue: $89 billion.
Market value: $28 billion
CEO: Patricia Woertz, took over in April 2006
• LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.
Annual revenue: $47 billion
Market value: $45 billion
CEO: Marillyn Hewson, took over in January 2013
• DUPONT CO.
Annual revenue: $35 billion
Market value: $57 billion
CEO: Ellen Kullman, took over in January 2009
• MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC.
Annual revenue: $35 billion
Market value: $60 billion
CEO: Irene Rosenfeld, took over in June 2006 (company was known as Kraft Foods at the time)
• GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.
Annual revenue: $32 billion
Market value: $32 billion
CEO: Phebe Nokakovic, took over in January 2013
• TJX COMPANIES INC.
Annual revenue: $26 billion
Market value: $44 billion
CEO: Carol Meyrowitz, took over in January 2007
• XEROX CORP.
Annual revenue: $22 billion
Market value: $14 billion
CEO: Ursula Burns, took over in July 2009
• DUKE ENERGY CORP.
Annual revenue: $20 billion
Market value: $49 billion
CEO: Lynn Good, took over in July 2013
• AVON PRODUCTS INC.
Annual revenue: $11 billion
Market value: $8 billion
CEO: Sherilyn McCoy, took over in April 2012
• SEMPRA ENERGY
Annual revenue: $10 billion
Market value: $21 billion
CEO: Debra Reed, took over in June 2011
• GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA
Annual revenue: $8 billion
Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)
CEO: Deanna Mulligan, took over in July 2011
• CAMPBELL SOUP CO.
Annual revenue: $8 billion
Market value: $13 billion
CEO: Denise Morrison*, took over in August 2011
• MYLAN INC.
Annual revenue: $7 billion
Market value: $16 billion
CEO: Heather Bresch, took over in January 2012
• INGREDION INC.
Annual revenue: $7 billion
Market value: $5 billion
CEO: Ilene Gordon, took over in May 2009
• CH2M HILL COS.
Annual revenue: $6 billion
Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)
CEO: Jacqueline Hinman, taking over in January 2014
• GRAYBAR ELECTRIC
Annual revenue: $5 billion
Market value: Not available (company is not publicly traded)
CEO: Kathleen Mazzarella, took over in June 2012
• GANNETT CO.
Annual revenue: $5 billion
Market value: $6 billion
CEO: Gracia Martore, took over in October 2011
• FRONTIER COMNUNICATIONS CORP.
Annual revenue: $5 billion
Market value: $5 billion
CEO: Maggie Wilderotter*, took over in January 2006
• YAHOO INC.
Annual revenue: $5 billion
Market value: $41 billion
CEO: Marissa Mayer, took over in July 2012
*Campbell Soup’s Denise Morrison and Frontier’s Maggie Wilderotter are sisters.
Revenue figures are the latest full fiscal year available. Market value is as of Tuesday, according to FactSet.
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